Envelope for laundered articles



E. A. MOLL ENVELOPE FOR LAUNDERED ARTICLES Jul 19, 1932.

Filed Nov.' 21, 1929 Zm'z H. mow

Patgnted July 19, 1932 ENIL A. MDLL, 9F MASPETH, NEW YOR ASSIGNOB T CABMM & 00., LNG, OF

NEW YORK, N. 2;, A COREO nnvurrorn roe Lnnnnnnnn TIQN OF NEW YGRK TIGERS Application filed sweater ai, 1929. Serial no. acacia.

This invention relates to holders or envelopes for shirts and similar articles or goods, and has particular reference to such articles as are employed for returning goods from 5 laundries to customers.

The practice in practically all large laundries is to attach similar identification tags or insignia to all of the goods belonging to a particular customer, and to leave all of such tags attached to the goods durin' all of the washing and ironing until all oi the goods belonging to that particular customer are ready to be packaged for returnrto such customer. Then before the completion of 5 the packaging, it is customary to remove all of such tags or insignia.

When goods such as shirts are enclosed in envelopes which conceal most, if not all of the articles, it interferes considerably with so the process of removing the tags it each article must he slipped partly out 01*: the container or envelope in order to gain access to the tag for removing it.

The object of the present invention is to as provide an envelope which, although practically completely enclosing such an article as a shirt, possesses means whereby access may be had to the laundry identification tag, to remove such tag, without shifting the so position or the shirt in the envelope. 7

With the above object in view, the invention consists in the envelope or container substantially as hereinafter described and claimed.

Uf the accompanying drawing.

Figure l is a perspective view of an envelope in one embodiment of the invention.

Figure 2 is a similar view showing the flap in the back member turned o en and providing an opening through which a portion of an enclosed shirt is accessible.

Figure 3 is a perspective view looking from the front of a packaged shirt.

Similar reference characters indicate similar parts or features in all ofthe views.

The envelone illustrated comprises a stifi back member 12, such as of suitable cardboard, and a flexible front member 13, preferably consisting of tissue paper, the side margins of the front memberbeing folded over the side edges of the back member and adhesively secured as at 141. The envelope illustrated is somewhat of the type of that in Letters Patent 1,698,549, dated January 8, 1929 to La Bombard and'j Sideboth'am, but the present invention is equally applicable to a wide variety of garment envelopes. When a shirt is folded in the ordinary manner and enclosed in such an envelope the collar portion a (Fig. 3). and a portion of the shoulder or upper bosom. b is exposed intentionally above the upper edge of the tissue or thin front member 18, while the skirt or tail portion of the article is folded back and extends nearly up to the collar portion a and lies between the portions 0: b of the shirt and the stifi' back member 12. This is the customary wav of folding and enveloping a shirt. It is alsocustomary to removably connect the laundry insignia or identification tag with the skirt or tail portion of the shirt.

The present invention relates to a structure whereby access may be readily had to the laundry insignia .or identification tag attached to the shirt or other garment. Tn I order that this may be done the back member 12 (Fig. l) is provided with a curved cut 15, the ends of which are connected by a crease line 16 whereby the area enclosed between the cut 15 and crease line 16 provides a flap 17 which, when turned out as illustrated by Fig. 2, leaves an opening in the stifi back member 12. This treating of the back memat her to provide an openin is efiected in a location or position to permlt access to the laundry tag or insignia indicated in Fig. 2 at d as secured by suitable means such as a safety pin the folded shirt or tail portion a of the so s 1r When the garments are slipped into the envelopes in the usual manner, the flaps 17 of the envelopes will ordinarily he closed as in Fig. 1. Then when all of the goods belon ing to difierent customers are to be pac aged, the flaps 17 are simply turned outward as illustrated by Fig. 2, and the identification tags 62 removed and the flaps 17 closed.

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A further advantage of the opening in the W9 back member 12 is that it facilitates the drawing of the shirt into the envelope during the packaging of the goods as it enables the fingers of an employee to reach through the opening and draw or smooth out the back portion of the garment.

I do not limit myself to the particular shape of openin illustrated, nor to the employment of a ap as the opening may be 'formedin any shape and ma be effected b completely cutting out a portion of the car board. It is preferable to include the flap member since it will prevent dust or other objectionable matter gaining access to the interior of the container, whether the containers are filled with goods or are waiting in stock.

Having now described my invention, I claim: 7

1. A laundry package comprising a folded laundered garment, a small laundry tag serving as an identifying insignia and detachably secured to said garment in a location normal- 1y hidden from view during the wear of the garment and on the exterior of the folded garment, and a flat paper, container enclosing said garment, said container having an opening or insertion and removal of the garment, and also having a relatively small opening registering with said tag for the purpose of removing the latter.

2. A laundrypackage comprising a folded laundered garment, a small laundry tag serving as an identifying insignia and detachably secured to said garment in a location normally hidden from view during the wear of the garment and on the exterior of the folded garment, and a container enclosing said garment, said container comprising a stifl' back member and a flexible front member and hav- 1ng a permanently open end to permit the garment to be slidably mounted therein, the said back member havin a relatively small opening registering wit said tag for the purpose of removing the latter.

In testimony whereof I have aflixed my signature. A. MOLL. 

